Build your own Tux
The free-penguin project page provides the 'executables' to make your own soft-toy Linux® penguin. On this website are a string of numerous sewing patterns and even an on-line community to build your own soft toy. Like all good software, it is covered by the GPL so can be freely downloaded and shared.
I loved showing this to my Information Technology students, asking them to consider the following: What are the hardware requirements for this project? Do you download the stable version of the sewing-pattern or jump in for the untested but newer alpha model. If you are stuck or break a needle, do you post a question to the forum or first search the on-line documentation for a clue or patch? What are the licence limitations for merchandising?
By adopting the language used by many software project websites and following community development and evolution but within the familiar context of constructing a cuddly toy, my senior students with an ESL background could quickly relate to the different IT terms used.
http://www.free-penguin.org/